Litter management
Like you, we don't like seeing litter being washed off streets into stormwater drains and into our waterways.
Elster Creek Litter Collaboration
We’re developing a holistic, data-driven approach to prevent litter entering Port Phillip Bay through Elster Creek.
Lilydale drainage assets - ongoing maintenance works
Melbourne Water undertakes routine inspections and maintenance of Lilydale Drain and other drainage assets within the local area. To maintain these assets at times maintenance and desilting works are required.
Thornhill Park retarding basin and wetland
We’ve rectified the outlet structure of Thornhill Park retarding basin and wetland, to naturally balance water levels within the system as designed.
Lower Dandenong Creek Litter Action Plan
The Lower Dandenong Creek Litter Collaboration brings together the Cities of Casey, Greater Dandenong and Kingston, Parks Victoria, Melbourne Water and the EPA to tackle litter at a catchment scale.
The Story of Water: Water, weather and climate
The amount of water in our environment is influenced by the type of climate. Across Australia, there are six broad climate zones. Climate is the average weather conditions of a place for a long period of time, while weather is the atmospheric conditions (hot day, rain, cool conditions) for a brief period of time.
The Story of Water: Water and waterways
A network of stormwater pipes has been built across our cities to remove this excess water when it rains. Learn more.
The Story of Water: Wastewater treatment
When wastewater leaves homes and businesses it is piped to a sewage treatment plant. Learn more about what happens next.
The Story of Water: The water cycle
Learn about the key processes of the water cycle evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, infiltration and run-off.